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1、AreYouGettingRicherOrPoorer?你是在变穷还是变富？Itgoeswithoutsayingthatacertainamountofmaterialwealth--forexample,thosethingsrelatedtofood,clothingandshelter--isanecessitytosustainourlife.Everyindividualhastoworktosurvive,butwhenearningalivingbecomestheexclusivefocusandpriorityofone'
2、slife,problemscanarise.Whenwelivetoearnratherthanearntolive,therecanbeproblemsofexcessandgreed.However,therearealsootherformsofwealth,requirednotjusttosustainthephysicalbody,buttosustainanddevelopourmind.Inthisperspective,itmaybeinterestingtolookbeyondthetraditionalideasoff
3、inancialwealthandreallyreflectonwhyourhumanspecies,amongthemanydifferenttypesofexistence,issospecialandvaluable.AsaBuddhistpractitionerandteacheritismyhopeandbeliefthatBuddhismmayhavesomeinterestingandvaluableinputtoofferinthisarea.Firstofall,whentryingtoidentifythecausesfo
4、rthepresentcrisisfromaBuddhistperspective,therootproblemsarecertainhumantraitssuchasgreedandlaziness,allofwhichariseonthebasisofignorance.Itisonethingtocultivatejustenoughcropsforyourday-to-dayneeds.Butwhenyoustarttocollectcrops,andstarttostockupwiththeideathatyou'llhaveles
5、sworkandmoremoney,thiscansowtheseedsofuncheckedgreed.Soitisreallyimportanttobeawareofcertainhumantraitswhichbringalotofunnecessaryproblems.Sometimeswhenwethinkwearegettingricher,fromadifferentperspectivewearebecomingpoorer.ThoughIneverwenttoschoolmyself(astheheadofalineage,
6、Ihadaspecialtypeofeducation),Ihadthegoodfortunetolearnaboutallthisfrommyparents.Lateron,whenIgotintoBuddhiststudiesandteachings,Ilearnedmoreandmoreaboutthefaultsandqualitiesofhumanity,andthathelpedmetolearnaboutlife.Theinnerwealthisourmind,ourconsciousness.Ibelievethatthism
7、indislikeawish-fulfillingjewel.Ifyouknowhowtoutilisethismind,itcanproducethemostbeneficialeffects.Thebestwaytoutiliseanddevelopthismindistoabsorbknowledge,andthemostimportantkindofknowledgeistheonethatmakesusakindperson,adecentperson,apersonworthyofrespect.Thequalitieswhich
8、makeanindividualkind,decentandrespectablearequalitiessuchaspatience,generosity,and
